Hepatitis is the serious health related concern and spreading rapidly specifically in developing countries, it also led to liver related diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma. While liver disease is an important health problem and having high health cost and leads to poor quality of life and dependency. Objectives: To determine the Incidence of hidden Hepatitis B and C during screening in patients’ undergone surgical procedures reported in a single center. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Innovative Health Concepts & Research center by using a non-probability convenient sampling technique. The duration of study was 8 months from December 2021 to August 2022 and the study included those subjects who admitted in hospital for some surgical procedure and both genders aged between 25 to 60 years. Those subjects who have multiple neurological or musculoskeletal or endocrinological condition and came for the 2nd procedure were excluded from the study. Ethical permission was sought from Board of Advance Studies and Expert Review Board of Innovative Health Concepts Hospital (ASRRB/IHC&RC/RH/MED/Letter-003). The assessment for hepatitis B, HCV, and HIV was done through blood test. Data was entered and analyzed through SPSS version 26. Results: The results of study showed mean age of subjects was 43.47±10.17, mean weight was 71.35±10.78. The result showed 04% prevalence of hepatitis B, 4.9% prevalence of hepatitis C and no case reported of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Conclusion: The study concluded that there is very low frequency of hepatitis B and C found in subjects undergone surgical procedures
Objective: To evaluate restless leg syndrome (RLS) in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Lahore. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study design was recruited for this study. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the patients in the study. The data was collected from the Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of Disabled (PSRD) Hospital and Hameed Latif Hospital Lahore. Patients diagnosed with T2DM with a maximum of 10 years, ages between 35 to 65 years, and patients who suffer from minor complications of diabetes mellitus were in cluded in the study. The RLS rating scale was used to assess the severity of restlessness in participants. Results: Out of 144 subjects, the frequency of the RLS was 71.5% and the majority was more in females as compared to male subjects. The female subjects have moderate severity of RLS while male subjects have mild severity of RLS. Conclusion: The frequency of RLS was high in patients with T2DM and females were more prone to RLS as compared to male subjects.
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